BigBallBellyGirl:
Has anyone else started using a calorie counter app (for a variety of reasons), only to realize you're putting away far more calories than you realized? I have to get my blood pressure under control and avoid putting too much strain on my back. About 6 weeks ago, I decided to put my gaining on pause. Still, though I'm eating a fraction of what I used to eat, I have gained 16 lb in 6 weeks. (Noting here I had reached a point where through hardcore stuffing, I was gaining about 10 lb a week, so I've definitely slowed down.)

Last Wednesday, I downloaded a calorie counter app and paid for a basic subscription. I started logging things faithfully and learned I'm still eating more than 6,000 calories a day. I'm absolutely shocked, because I haven't walked away from a meal full in weeks, and I'm constantly repressing cravings, or so I thought.

Has anyone else started tracking calories, either to stabilize (as is my case) or gain, and realized you're eating way more than you thought? It is certainly a cautionary tale for anyone who thinks they'll be able to curb the appetite easily.

2seatsalways:
Is this the app that tells you if you eat this amount of calories daily you'll end up weighing (insert weight here)?

If so I've been searching for this for so long, can you mention the app? I would track my feedee's calories all the time and would shock her every time she was putting away that much

BigBallBellyGirl:
Has anyone with a supersized belly used an obesity belt to alleviate back pain? I'm not looking for a bariatric compression belt like the ones people use after bariatric surgery. I'm hoping to find something that takes the pressure off my lower back, hips, and upper belly. The largest maternity belt I found extended to 70 inches. I'm about 80 inches around standing, but I thought it still might work. It definitely didn't. When I tried to sit, the hook and eye closures broke immediately.

How do my fellow big-bellied super-sized folks relieve back pain and support those tummies?

Munchies:
Do I personally know anyone? No. But I've worked in health insurance. I am not sure if they make them in your size (90 inches sitting iirc) but I can look.

That said, it will be expensive. If you do have health insurance, check to see if they have a bariatric coverage.

As for the obesity belts themselves? Your milage may vary. Some people love theirs while others find them too uncomfortable to be worth it.

BigBallBellyGirl:
I do have insurance, and I believe if it was prescribed, I could get coverage. You're right, though, I haven't been able to find one my size at all. Would love to know if you happen to hear of a company that makes them. Thank you!

Munchies:
After diligently searching, the biggest ones I could find supported girths up to 75 inches. However, I found something else.



I found this on Etsy It's called a womb wrap. etsy.com/listing/983212985/custom-colors-womb-wraps-custom-order

I have no idea if it's big enough for you, but I think that if it's not, you could make one yourself.

BigBallBellyGirl:
Has anyone with a supersized belly used an obesity belt to alleviate back pain? I'm not looking for a bariatric compression belt like the ones people use after bariatric surgery. I'm hoping to find something that takes the pressure off my lower back, hips, and upper belly. The largest maternity belt I found extended to 70 inches. I'm about 80 inches around standing, but I thought it still might work. It definitely didn't. When I tried to sit, the hook and eye closures broke immediately.

How do my fellow big-bellied super-sized folks relieve back pain and support those tummies?

Munchies:
Do I personally know anyone? No. But I've worked in health insurance. I am not sure if they make them in your size (90 inches sitting iirc) but I can look.

That said, it will be expensive. If you do have health insurance, check to see if they have a bariatric coverage.

As for the obesity belts themselves? Your milage may vary. Some people love theirs while others find them too uncomfortable to be worth it.

Jiggle Junkie:
Envision a small town (population 957) with only a few eating out options. Take a strong preference for fountain soft drinks over canned or bottled equivalents, plus a desire to get out/away from home and work to just go somewhere, even when there’s not much time to do so.

My Love goes to the local Dairy Queen typically once a day, often several times a day, at a minimum for a drink refill (in her brought-in reusable big cup). She and her siblings have worked at nearly every food establishment in town, and in her opinion DQ has the best sodas (she calls them. I call them soft drinks. She prefers Coca-Cola unless it’s late in the day and the caffeine might keep her awake). Indeed her younger sister years ago managed this DQ location.

She has the DQ app and is always scanning receipts to earn red spoon credits. Then we need to use those $5 (typically) credits before they expire, which often entails a meal, desserts, or both. Many a date evening/night we’ve spent there, talking for hours, with at least her eating and getting multiple beverage refills.

She’s in there so often that she’s become somewhat of a celebrity. We know most of the employees by name, greet them, check in with how they’re doing (when appropriate), etc. Most of them know and like/love her (and some really like me). They like her so much that the manager gave her a standing offer of a job there, should she choose to come work there. Also, they stopped charging her for refills. I’m guessing this is because refills aren’t much of a money maker for them, the

WeightAndSee:
So recently I found myself (accidentally!) regaining a bunch of the Quarantine-Fun-Time I had gained and then lost.

The thing is, I’m not yet back to my max weight but my belly feels quite substantial. I don’t remember this sensation even when I was much fatter. My guts just feel like heavy. And my belly feels really in the way. Has anyone else experienced different sensations when gaining weight at different times in their life?

Or maybe I just forgot what this was like and I’ll get used to it. Either way thought I’d ask and see if other people had thoughts.